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Well we are back in the Library after a wee break to enjoy all that the festive period had to offer and things are starting to hot up already! The planning for the Spring 2008 Programme is well underway and there are already a few things taking shape for end of February and early […]

Hello, it’s been awhile and now it’s already time to settle the year 2007 down to its’ bed.Awww.
My time has been most enjoyable with 6 new classification bee volunteers, a rare and lovely bunch of women, all keen to help the library. Thanks very much to them for their amazing efforts! We have classified 2352 […]

This small guide is a useful beginner’s guide to the current state of the world on women’s rights issues. It is written from a perspective of anti-poverty for women. It promotes human rights and political awareness on diverse issues that relate to women all over the world. For example, a chapter on religious influences looks […]

This is a somewhat bleary blog written on a short breather from the Heritage Lottery bid millstone. Can I say thanks to laura, christine and helen for keeping the old blogging blarney stone warm here at GWL? (What is this stoney theme about so early in my message? Ask Shakespeare’s sister - or perhaps one […]

Am I in an episode of ‘One Foot in the Grave’?
Recent letter received at Glasgow Women’s Library, addressed to:
BULLDIKE PROMOTIONS, 2nd Floor, 81 Parnie Street, Glasgow, G1 5RH
GWL’s address, right enough, but Bulldike Promotions??
Girded my loins for opening the letter, expecting abusive, sarcastic or homophobic correspondence and read the following:
Dear Sir
Would you please send me […]

Ah, that’s better. A bit warmer now and just about to resume work on our Heritage Lottery Bid, applying for funding to create a proper archive in our new Mitchell Library premises. Two weeks to go before the deadline, but progress is good and Adele and I are working very hard. A good week this […]

I’d love to know what it’s like to work somewhere warm - to feel enveloped in cosiness as soon as you walk through the door from the cold outside air. Our office was just over 10 degrees when I came in this morning and it’s not even winter proper yet. Our electric heaters do their best […]

Check out the following snippet taken from the Scottish Parliament website:
S3M-713 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) : Freedom of the City of Glasgow for Aung San Suu Kyi— That the Parliament welcomes the decision of Glasgow’s Lord Provost, Councillor Robert Winter, to recommend Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader […]

Just received some information about another forthcoming event for Women.

Women Celebrating the Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice, Womb of Night,Embrace us in your Inner Light
An invitation to experience calm before the consumer storm

The Library would like to apologise for our failure to recognise a particularly significant event being celebrated this week.
It is Chocolate Week (from Monday 15th to Sunday 21st October) - how could we have missed this?
More info can be found at http://www.chocolate-week.co.uk/